Last month I wrote about the pressure to adopt "graduated response," a policy that is better described as "three strikes and you're out" for ISP subscribers. While Canada has yet to take a public position on the issue, a new French document cites Canada as an example of a country […]
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France To Adopt Three Strikes And You’re Out For File Sharing
France is about to implement new rules that will require ISPs to monitor their customers' activities and disclose file sharing activity to a new independent body. File sharers will receive three warnings and then lose Internet access. I appeared on the Business News Network today to discuss (about 32 minutes […]
French ISP Degrades Access to Daily Motion
On the heels of the UK ISP controversy involving the BBC's iPlayer, there are now reports that a French ISP is degrading access to online video site Daily Motion.
French ISP Degrades Access to Daily Motion
On the heels of the UK ISP controversy involving the BBC's iPlayer, there are now reports that a French ISP is degrading access to online video site Daily Motion.
France Establishes DRM Watchdog
As part of my 30 Days of DRM series last summer, I called for the creation of a new collaborative body that would provide on-demand reviews for new circumvention rights. I argued that the U.S. DMCA process, which occurs once every three years, simply does not provide the public with […]






